From 2e54d4e159ec8f90284fbf2386fbbe9eff9f2f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Turner <9087854+aa-turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:01:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version

---
 CHANGES.rst        | 7 +++++++
 sphinx/__init__.py | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5ccde5de8bc..d0003c4304b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Release 8.1.1 (in development)
+==============================
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+
 Release 8.1.0 (released Oct 10, 2024)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index 1b6d7ab92b7..446fee202b6 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """The Sphinx documentation toolchain."""
 
-__version__ = '8.1.0'
+__version__ = '8.1.1'
 __display_version__ = __version__  # used for command line version
 
 # Keep this file executable as-is in Python 3!
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 #:
 #: .. versionadded:: 1.2
 #:    Before version 1.2, check the string ``sphinx.__version__``.
-version_info = (8, 1, 0, 'final', 0)
+version_info = (8, 1, 1, 'beta', 0)
 
 package_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-_in_development = False
+_in_development = True
 if _in_development:
     # Only import subprocess if needed
     import subprocess